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Author to speak on ‘men, women, sex, violence’ Oct. 23 |
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Krista M. Hayes |
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Oct 21, 2006 |
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The University of Toledo will host a lecture titled “Men, Women, Sex, Violence, An Evening With Jackson Katz” Monday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. in Doermann Theater on Main Campus.
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Katz is internationally recognized for his work on gender violence prevention education with men and boys, particularly in the sports culture and the military.
The educator, author and filmmaker is the co-founder of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program at Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sports in Society. The sexual and domestic violence prevention program is widely used in professional and college athletics. It has been implemented by seven National Football League teams and several Major League Baseball clubs.
Katz is also the director of the first worldwide gender violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps. His award-winning educational video, “Tough Guise,” along with his feature appearances in the films “Wrestling With Manhood” and “Spin the Bottle,” and his nationwide lectures have brought his insights on masculinity and gender violence to millions of college and high school students. Since 1990, Katz has lectured at nearly 1,000 colleges, high schools, middle schools, professional conferences and military installations in 44 states.
He is the author of the new book, The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help (2006).
Katz encourages men and women to confront one of the most serious and persistent problems he thinks face college students today — violence against women. The subjects that he covers include sexual and domestic violence, pornography, prostitution and stripping. He focuses on how these subjects relate to the lives and attitudes of boys and men.
During his lecture, Katz will encourage dialogue between the sexes by helping to display how individual problems are linked to larger social forces, encouraging students to challenge the cultural links between masculinity and violence. He will speak of his pioneering gender violence prevention work with U.S. Marines, professional and collegiate athletics, and college fraternities; how the sports culture, comedy, advertising and other media depictions of men, women, sex and violence contribute to high levels of gender violence; analysis of masculinity and sexual politics; how homophobia prevents many men and women from dealing honestly with sexism; and the connections between the campus culture of drinking and the incidence of sexual assault.
“There have been so many recent horrific examples of the reality of gender violence locally, nationally and worldwide,” said Diane Docis, UT coordinator for the Sexual Assault and Prevention Program. “Instead of remaining helpless or silent in the face of that reality, Katz gives people tools to help them confront and deconstruct the culture of violence. His lecture is a powerful and important message for anyone who wants to learn more about creating respectful and nonviolent communities.”
Katz also will conduct a workshop titled “It Takes a Village … to Stop the Violence” Monday, Oct. 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Law Center Auditorium on Main Campus.
During the workshop, participates will learn new strategies for involving men and boys in gender violence prevention efforts; be introduced to racially and ethnically sensitive and cultural ways to approach gender violence prevention; learn how to apply critical media literacy skills to gender violence prevention efforts; and gain new insights about the relationship between gender violence and other social problems, such as youth violence, gang violence, substance abuse, and HIV and sexual transmitted infections.
Katz will sign books following both events, and refreshments will be provided.
Sponsors for the events include Campus Activities and Programs, the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Office of the Provost, the Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women, UT Police, Sexual Assault and Prevention Program, and others.
For more information on the free, public lecture and workshop, contact Docis at 419.530.3431 or at diane.docis@utoledo.edu.
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